The English Cathedrals
by Harvey, John; Felton, Herbert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1950 B. T. Batsford. First Edition. First printing. "First Published 1950" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top page edges are red. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. Photographs by Herbert Felton. Binding tight. Spine has just a slight lean. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 99 text pages, 126 pages of plates. "A Batsford Book." Printed in Great Britain. Dust jacket, with color wrap-around illustration of Wells Cathedral, has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Jacket spine has some small areas where color is rubbed off. Dust jacket is price clipped. Series: The British Art and Building Series. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8882
- Title
- The English Cathedrals
- Author
- Harvey, John; Felton, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Architecture,England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; England;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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